Posts Tagged ‘broker’

5 Things You Should Know (7/3)

Posted on: July 4th, 2018 by Tim Garcia

What you should know_ Week 1 (1)

 

1. Three Steps To Protect Yourself From Cybercrime During A Real Estate Transaction.

What you should do:
– Stay aware and take necessary precautions – your buyers and sellers are counting on you.

 
2. Experts: Virtually All CA Real Estate Transactions Targeted By Hackers.

What you should do:
– Maybe check out #1 again. And definitely keep your wits about you.

 

3. A real estate debate: Is a new home necessarily a better home?

What you should do:
– New. Old. Somewhere in-between. It doesn’t matter. Keep providing all of the resources
that your buyers need to locate and secure their dream home, and that your sellers need
to sell their home – irrespective of age (it’s only a number, most of the time…)

 

4. Las Vegas real estate broker charged with aiding drug traffickers.

What you should do:
– What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. What happens with your broker, shouldn’t weigh
you down. And when it comes to marketing – having your own CRM and website is a great idea.

 

5. Housing Market is Hot, How To Choose The Right Real Estate Agents For Your Needs. 

What you should do:
– Do some reflecting and see if you live up to these standards being disseminated to your
prospective clients. If you need help, we’re always around. 😉

 
Have a wonderful 4th of July!

 

– Tim

Marketing Director
Direct | 408.213.4668
tim@propertyminder.com
1101 S. Winchester Blvd, J-225
San Jose, CA 95128

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5 Things You Should Know (6/11)

Posted on: June 12th, 2018 by Tim Garcia

What you should know_ Week 1 (1)

 

1. Trump’s Hosts at Summit Are Low-Profile Real Estate Billionaires.
What you should do:
– Hope for the best outcome. And remember you don’t need to be a billionaire to own cutting-
edge technology designed in the heart of the Silicon Valley
. 😉

 

2. Trade in your house? Startup launches a different approach to real estate in Triangle.

“It purchases customers’ new homes on their behalf, moves them in, and then sells their existing homes for them on the open market with the goal of making real estate transactions more simple – and more certain.”

What you should do:
– Keep in mind that competition is around every corner. What are you doing to ensure your
 buyers and sellers aren’t lead astray?

 

3. Millennials Aren’t Having Kids. Here’s Why That’s A Problem For Baby Boomer Real Estate & Retirement.

“Whatever the reason, the decision of Millennials to delay or forgo having children will have a ripple effect on wannabe Baby Boomer grandparents. No, I am not concerned about Donna’s desire for grandbabies. I am thinking about a far more practical issue – Donna’s financial security.

The majority of Baby Boomers’ wealth is not in the bank, in a pension plan or in an investment portfolio, but in their homes. Despite the popular urban mythology of Boomer life in the big city, more than 70% of Baby Boomers are still living in suburban and rural areas. An increasing number of soon-to-retire and recently retired Boomers are looking to downsize and cash out the decades of equity they have amassed in their homes as a source of income and a chance to live the good life. But how can they cash out without any buyers?”

 

What you should do:
– Touch base with both your millennial and baby boomer clients. Ask what they’re up to.
Maybe even share this article. Find out if there’s any truth to what we just read.

 

4. The World’s Largest Real Estate Companies 2018.

What you should do:
– Speaking of companies, are you happy with your current broker? More importantly, do you
have website(s)/marketing in place separate from your brokerage? If not, consider setting up something more independent that’ll help you stand out.

 

5. Redfin CEO explains why competitors should fear him.

What you should do:
– No need to pay and read this article. Just prove this guy wrong. Provide your clients with
every single service Redfin provides (+ more). We’re happy to make sure you’re all set up. 🙂

 

Hope your week is off to a fantastic start,
– Tim

Marketing Director
Direct | 408.213.4668
tim@propertyminder.com
1101 S. Winchester Blvd, J-225
San Jose, CA 95128

Buy Just 3 Months, Get 2 Completely Free
Free Service For Existing Customers With Our Referral Program

Weekly real estate marketing tips can be found on our featured Tip Of The Week Archives and our ActiveRain Blog.

 

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Only Having A Brokerage-Provided Website Is Straight Up Dangerous.

Posted on: March 16th, 2016 by Tim Garcia

Sharing isn’t always caring (for yourself) 

Would you give someone your bank account information?
Would you give someone access to all of your hard work, all of our resources, all of your connections and networks? All of your knowledge? The things you spent years nurturing, gathering, and earning?

Chances are there are very few people out there who you would simply hand over the goldmine of your wealth and success. There are few people in life we should trust with this information.

Well, we’re afraid to say, that that is exactly what agents do when they use the Broker-provided website and CRM. They store all their contacts (their livelihood, essentially), all in one place- a place that is not all their own. So what happens in life when there is a fork in the road?

Sometimes an agent leaves their brokerage. Truth be told, the average agent switches brokerages 7 times.  Most of the time, they simply leave a carbon copy of their contacts with the brokerage, even if they exported their entire database. Congratulations! You just managed to allow your former brokerage to go ahead and start emailing and calling everyone in your database.

In case you didn’t know or didn’t take the time to calculate, your database is worth millions. Yes, millions. 

Let’s do a little simple math so that you can gain some clarity on your business.

Here is a simple equation to find out how much your database is worth:

Total Contacts ( X ) Average Commission = Database Worth

Then ask yourself this question:
“If everyone in my database bought or sold
with me right now, how much would I make?”

Yes, your business is in fact worth much more than you probably thought.

This is why it is essential that you have your own CRM and website.
No matter the business or life changes you go through, you can’t leave your gold mine of relationships (and potential income!) in someone else’s hands – hands that could be attached to the arms of your competitors.

You must have a place that you have full control over to store your contacts and your notes. Also, you need to have full control over the content and look of your website. That is often not possible with a Brokerage website. With the PropertyMinder website you have full control over the look. Also, you have a support and training department on standby all day to help you edit
your website, your campaigns, and your landing pages.

We have an in-house development team that designs tools based around your needs and MLS functionality that updates everyday.

Nothing in this world is free. Everything comes at a price.
Sometimes that price- is the cost of your database.

Have a great (and productive) week! 

Talk with you soon,

Anna 
PropertyMinder’s Community Manager
anna@propertyminder.com
408.213.4658

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